The Hershey Bears are returning to the Eastern Conference Finals after a 4-1 win over the Hartford Wolf Pack on Wednesday night, completing a three-game sweep of the teams’ Atlantic Division Finals series.
Ivan Miroshnichenko scored two more goals and Hunter Shepard stopped 22 shots as the Hershey Bears followed up their Game 1 romp with a 4-2 win over Hartford in Game 2 of the Atlantic Division Finals at Giant Center on Saturday night.
Hershey opened the Atlantic Division Finals on Thursday night with a convincing 6-1 win over Hartford at Giant Center.
The Hartford Wolf Pack will openly admit it. Things got very dicey. It was unpleasant. It forced some difficult conversations. One win in 14 games, including four shutout losses, threatened to derail what had been a promising season.
Jake Leschyshyn scored his second goal of the night with 9:41 gone in overtime, sending the Hartford Wolf Pack into the Atlantic Division finals with a 2-1 win over Providence on Friday night.
Riley Nash scored his second goal of the game with 4:52 gone in overtime, giving Hartford a 3-2 victory and a 2-1 series lead over Providence in their best-of-five Atlantic Division semifinal series.
Providence bounced back from a Game 1 loss with a decisive 6-0 victory over Hartford on Friday night, squaring their Atlantic Division semifinal series at a game apiece.
Tyler Pitlick notched a goal and two assists to lead the Hartford Wolf Pack to a 4-3 win in Providence as the rivals kicked off their Atlantic Division semifinal series on Wednesday evening.
Dylan Garand made 38 saves to lift the Hartford Wolf Pack into the division semifinals with a 3-1 win over the Charlotte Checkers on Sunday afternoon.
Alex Belzile shoveled in a rebound of a Nic Petan shot with 8:11 gone in overtime, giving the Hartford Wolf Pack a 3-2 victory in a must-win Game 2 over Charlotte at Bojangles Coliseum on Saturday afternoon.
